by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Serbia now has its first openly gay female prime minister, Ana Brnabic, whose new government was voted in 157-55 on Thursday, Reuters reports. Brnabic is not affiliated with any party, and she is unlikely to have any real leverage over her cabinet, which primarily...
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Romania’s new government was sworn in on Thursday, a week following the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) ousting its own prime minister, AP reports. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, who is a political rival of the PSD, immediately ripped the new leftist...
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Macedonia’s special prosecutor has indicted former Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski in five separate cases, and the leader of the nationalist VMRO party is now facing up to 27 years in jail, Balkan Insight reports. The charges against Gruevski include election...
by CBBSS | Jun 29, 2021 | Regional News
A Moscow jury found five Chechens guilty of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Zaur Dadayev, a former Chechen security forces officer was found guilty of shooting Nemtsov six times, while the four other men were found guilty of involvement in the...
by CBBSS | Jun 29, 2021 | Regional News
A bill in the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament would force foreign media outlets broadcasting in Russian to register as foreign agents, opening them up to increased scrutiny and possible closure, The Moscow Times reports. Read original...